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Revelers closed the Lunar New Year, 15 days after it began, with the Beehive Rockets Festival and Lantern Festival over the weekend. Folks marveled at pretty lights, launched bottle rockets and set off fireworks to mark the end of the festivities.

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People are hit by firecrackers during Beehive Rockets Festival in Taiwan. Locals believe bad luck will go away after one is bombed with beehive firecrackers, or bottle rockets, a tradition that has evolved into a huge tourist attraction.